ABOUT

Lou is a man who tells it like it is, and doesn’t believe in apologizing for it, so if you were to say that he had “some” experience in advertising, he would be quick to point out that this is a ludicrous understatement. Over the last 35 years, he has worked at numerous national and international advertising agencies, including McCann Erickson, Saatchi and Saatchi, BBDO, J. Walter Thompson, and PACE Advertising, as well as several boutique agencies. His past clients have included L’Oréal, Ralph Lauren, Sony, and Dick Clark Productions, just to name a few. He has won several ADDYs, CableACE awards, Art Director’s Guild awards, and Graphic Design USA awards, and was part of two teams that won CLIOs. With a BFA from Pratt Institute and a masters in mass communication psychology from Columbia, Lou knows his business. He is a master of persuasion (self-proclaimed, but clearly not unfounded) and thrives on competition. In other words, he’s someone every business that wants to truly succeed should have on its marketing team.

Along the way – presumably between wisecracking and award-winning – Lou has managed to acquire quite an eclectic list of hobbies. He paints and sculpts. He engages in archery, sharpshooting, and carpentry. He listens to Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits. He watches movies: The Godfather is his favorite. He can even fly a plane. Now he wants to learn Irish step dancing. Considering everything else he’s achieved over the years, one more hurdle – or jig, as the case may be – shouldn’t prove too difficult.

Maxie knows how to keep everything in the office running smoothly, a skill she attributes (albeit warily) to the fact that her astrological sign is Libra. But it probably has more to do with the fact that she’s had an awful lot of experience. Since she graduated from the Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany with an MBA in marketing, she has worked in the marketing departments of the German TV channel MDR, the Wurzener Food Company, and GoGorilla Media – a diversity that demonstrates just how versatile she can be. Whichever client she’s working with, Maxie applies all her skill, passion, and dedication to helping the company succeed.

Outside of the office, Maxie is just as multifaceted as she is inside. A self-described handy girl, she loves working in the yard and building things. But she’s also a devotee of Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings movies, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a 1980s music fanatic, a $64 lottery winner, a chocolate milk addict, a dinner-for-breakfast eater, and – amazingly enough – an accordion player. In the future, she would love to mentor an exchange student in the ways of the Force – sorry, make that business.

Although Sean once dreamed of becoming an astronaut and seeing other worlds, he now creates his own, with a little help from his computer and a degree in New Media from Purchase College. He has experience with video, graphic, programming, and web-based design, but is especially skilled at web development and video graphics. This latter talent likely helps explain why his video installation “Out of Order” won an award for Best Experimental Film. But Sean hasn’t let his win go to his head: he’s still incredibly passionate about learning new skills, especially in the creative world, and finds nothing more satisfying than seeing a project progress from start to finish.

Even off the clock, Sean is always making art, both digital and physical. He enjoys doing internet-based work, programming installations, and projection mapping, as well as woodworking. When he isn’t thus employed, he’s watching movies by the ever-quirky Wes Anderson, honing his metalworking skills, or puzzling over the popularity of the Kardashian siblings. His aspirations include snowboarding in Argentina, visiting his ancestral Ireland, adopting a penguin (the details are still a little fuzzy, or feathery), and starting a campaign to end open-mouth chewing.

Allie and art go together harmoniously and it shows in her work as she turns her clients’ visions into something tangible. Have an upcoming event that needs advertising, or a business card in need of some spicing up? This Graphic Designer that graduated from the Art Institute of New York is your girl, but her dedication to succeed and motivation to overcome challenges is not something a school can teach. A self-described avid list maker, with experience in both digital and fine art, Allie is either glued to her computer screen working on a new project, or gathering items to turn into a mixed media collage.

Allie loves utilizing her creativity to make the space around her more beautiful, especially her hometown of Beacon. You can find her zipping through the streets on her longboard, probably barefoot, and on the hunt for a delicious beer and some awesome live music. She dreams of one day living near the ocean, as it is her favorite place to be when she isn’t home. Tattoos, ballet, true-crime and cats are words you’d find in the dictionary under Allie’s name. She feels especially passionate about preserving our absolutely beautiful planet and does all she can to minimize her environmental impact. Allie just wants everyone to be kind and to be cool.

Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, NY and with a degree in communications from University of Rhode Island, Teneka manages social media accounts for our clients, writes press releases and is in charge of maintaining good relationships between us and our clients. She works very hard to keep both sides happy. She works hard to develop content that embodies the unique voice of each client. She ensures that the content will reach the client’s target audience. She also keeps a positive relationship with various media outlets.

Raised in the Bronx and with a degree in marketing from Berkeley College – New York and another in graphic design from the Art Institute of New York, Lora is in charge of maintaining good relationships between us and our clients. And she does an amazing job of keeping both sides happy. Lora works to improve each client’s market position and help the client achieve financial growth by recognizing business opportunities and suggesting long-term organizational strategic goals. She also diligently stocks the office candy machine, for which we are all eternally grateful (and have increasingly bad teeth).

As much as she does for our clients, and for us, Lora does occasionally go home, or, more accurately, anywhere else in the world: She loves nothing more than traveling and meeting people from different cultures. But when she is home, she enjoys reading, watching Big Lebowski, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Night at the Roxbury, eating Starburst, listening to everything from Coldplay to Jay Z to Britney Spears, and showing up anyone who dares to challenge her mad FIFA skills. Shopping and making people laugh are always pretty high on her to-do list, too. And winning the lottery, but that one’s a little harder to arrange.